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Yes, with the caveat that Nagata has previously been published by “traditional” publishers and has previously won a Nebula Award. That is a bit different than if I wrote a novel, self published it, and hoped to possibly score an award nomination.

I’m not saying it isn’t going to happen in the future, but I wouldn’t read too much into Nagata’s nomination. It’s a small shift of possibility, but not a big win of self publishing.

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